Princess Kate misses royal funeral and leaves sister Pippa in the lurch. Prince William alone represented the first line of royals.
Tom Kingston died at his parents' home in the Cotswolds on February 25, aged 45. King Charles also had to miss the memorial service because of his cancer. Queen Camilla was also missing from the mourners at St. James's Palace in London. The private setting could have made it easier for Kate to attend. But after the publication of the manipulated photo in which Kate posed radiantly among her children, speculation about her efforts to avoid being seen almost escalated.